I live in Blacksburg, so I feel I might have a slightly better idea of the time line of events than the national news, this is what happened to the best of my knowledge:
At some time before 7:15 am the Gunman (an as of yet unidentified young Asian male) entered West Ambler Johnson Hall, which is a Residence Hall and shot 2 people, one male and female, he then fled the scene.
At 7:15 am an RA made a 911 call to report this shooting, police and rescue arrived at the scene and Tech placed West AJ on lock down. The patients were transported to Montgomery Regional Hospital, where they both were pronounced dead.
The crime scene presented itself as a domestic, and thus the authorities did not feel it was necessary to cancel classes for the day.
(at some point in time, either while West AJ was locked down after the first shooting or after news of what happened at Norris spread, fear spread through west AJ and some people decided that the best way to exit the building was through the windows, this accounts for some of the wounded, but to the best of my knowledge none of the dead.)
Around 9:40 am the Gunman then proceeded to Norris Hall, a building which is part of the engineering dept, and has many class rooms. (this would be an excellent time to note that the police have not confirmed that the two incidence are related, we will probably have to wait for ballistics to determine that with any certainty) He used lengths of chain and locks to deny access or escape from Norris, then he proceeded to enter various class rooms and fire upon people with at least 2 pistols (for the detail oriented they were said to be 9mm's but this has not be confirmed or substantiated. One ear-witness claims the shots he heard sounded as if they were from a pistol in origin, he also reported that he heard "30-40" rounds fired.)
This second attack left 30 dead and 17-50+ wounded (the wounded tally varies from source to source, the most common numbers are 21 and 28, 17 is highly unlikely, this is a misunderstanding upon the newscasters part, 17 were transported to MRH but hospitals as far away as Roanoke received patients,. Also some patients were treated at the scene.)
Some were injured escaping Norris via the windows. The Gunman then proceeded to the basement and shot himself bringing the death toll to 33.This number may very climb, as multiple patients are in critical condition and as of 4:30 pm some were still in surgery. His corpse was discovered some time between 11:30 and 1pm.
This information was gathered from a variety of sources; from a rescue scanner, news reports, eyewitness accounts and hearsay. Thus this only reflects what happened to the best of my knowledge and is not definitive. When I first heard "31 black tags" come over the radio I was in disbelief, was sure that the fierce wind which was blowing at the time had distorted what I had heard, there was no way that was true. To my eternal sadness it is. History was made today, and being a part of it, however distant was quite an unpleasant feeling.
We should all pray for the dead and give blood to the living. The feeling of powerlessness which accompanies an event like this is palpable. It's seemingly random nature makes it feel as if a capricious evil has control of you. If you are in or near Blacksburg please go to the Red Cross Center at Kent Square, they will be accepting donations Tuesday-Thursday noon - six.
The Merc vs Spy multiplayer mode is insanely difficult if there are less than 3 mercs, i am not as skilled at games as my friends and it was 2vs1 and i could hold my own as the spy, this requires 2 xboxes though, so don't know how easy that is to pull off though.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloger's_rule that's my counter arguement.
At some time before 7:15 am the Gunman (an as of yet unidentified young Asian male) entered West Ambler Johnson Hall, which is a Residence Hall and shot 2 people, one male and female, he then fled the scene.
At 7:15 am an RA made a 911 call to report this shooting, police and rescue arrived at the scene and Tech placed West AJ on lock down. The patients were transported to Montgomery Regional Hospital, where they both were pronounced dead.
The crime scene presented itself as a domestic, and thus the authorities did not feel it was necessary to cancel classes for the day.
(at some point in time, either while West AJ was locked down after the first shooting or after news of what happened at Norris spread, fear spread through west AJ and some people decided that the best way to exit the building was through the windows, this accounts for some of the wounded, but to the best of my knowledge none of the dead.)
Around 9:40 am the Gunman then proceeded to Norris Hall, a building which is part of the engineering dept, and has many class rooms. (this would be an excellent time to note that the police have not confirmed that the two incidence are related, we will probably have to wait for ballistics to determine that with any certainty) He used lengths of chain and locks to deny access or escape from Norris, then he proceeded to enter various class rooms and fire upon people with at least 2 pistols (for the detail oriented they were said to be 9mm's but this has not be confirmed or substantiated. One ear-witness claims the shots he heard sounded as if they were from a pistol in origin, he also reported that he heard "30-40" rounds fired.)
This second attack left 30 dead and 17-50+ wounded (the wounded tally varies from source to source, the most common numbers are 21 and 28, 17 is highly unlikely, this is a misunderstanding upon the newscasters part, 17 were transported to MRH but hospitals as far away as Roanoke received patients,. Also some patients were treated at the scene.)
Some were injured escaping Norris via the windows. The Gunman then proceeded to the basement and shot himself bringing the death toll to 33.This number may very climb, as multiple patients are in critical condition and as of 4:30 pm some were still in surgery. His corpse was discovered some time between 11:30 and 1pm.
This information was gathered from a variety of sources; from a rescue scanner, news reports, eyewitness accounts and hearsay. Thus this only reflects what happened to the best of my knowledge and is not definitive. When I first heard "31 black tags" come over the radio I was in disbelief, was sure that the fierce wind which was blowing at the time had distorted what I had heard, there was no way that was true. To my eternal sadness it is. History was made today, and being a part of it, however distant was quite an unpleasant feeling.
We should all pray for the dead and give blood to the living. The feeling of powerlessness which accompanies an event like this is palpable. It's seemingly random nature makes it feel as if a capricious evil has control of you. If you are in or near Blacksburg please go to the Red Cross Center at Kent Square, they will be accepting donations Tuesday-Thursday noon - six.
I don't have mod poit's and you are already at 5, but that is the funniest thing I have ever read on slashdot. Bravo sir, bravo.
The Merc vs Spy multiplayer mode is insanely difficult if there are less than 3 mercs, i am not as skilled at games as my friends and it was 2vs1 and i could hold my own as the spy, this requires 2 xboxes though, so don't know how easy that is to pull off though.